Intelligent Plants in Science Fiction

Lisa R. Parker

The weeping, talking trees in Virgil and Dante suggest that the idea of communication with plants is of great antiquity, but only in the sense of transmigration of human souls into plants; the subject is not yet real plant intelligence in its own right. Then comes the transitional example in […]

Contemporary Modern Perspectives in Psychology

Lisa R. Parker

Psychology has made tremendous progress since its humble beginnings in the late 19th century. Some schools such as behaviorism and psychoanalysis have undergone a lot of changes but are still popular and have a large number of followers. Contemporary or present day psychology is a combination of the best ideas […]

Sex, Science and Survival

Lisa R. Parker

The idea that reality evolves through an infinite dance of fundamental atomic geometrical shapes with an ethical purpose, became the basis of science in 3rd Century BC Greece. Plato’s Academy called it the Science for ethical ends. The Epicurean University called it the Science of universal love. The movement of […]

Science Is Important In a Preschool

Lisa R. Parker

The “s” for “science” is left out in the pursuit of the “3 R’s” (e.g., “reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic”) as the foundation for an early childhood education curriculum. However, science is invaluable in education, especially in the daycare and preschool years. Science is more than just learning chemical equations and […]

Data Science And The Advantages It Offers

Lisa R. Parker

Data Science has turned out to be a progressive technological field that everybody seems to talk about these days. In fact, it is considered the ‘most appealing job of the 21st century’. Let’s find out more about it. Data Science is a buzzword and not a lot of people understand […]